Receptacle for checks.



C. BOULARD. REGEPTAGLB PoR CHECKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1909.

93 1 ,260, Patentedl Aug. 17, 1909.

,5. naw 5 CYRIL BOULARD, Olw WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

RE CEP'IACLE FOR CHE GKS.

no. @snee-o.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Crain Bouin/inn, a citizen of the United States,residing at liorcester, in thel county o-f lVorcester and State ofillassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Receptacle for Checks,of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a device for receiving and discharging checksand is adapted to be used in barber shops and similar places wherepersons who come in have to have a certain order of precedence and yetdo not remain in rows or in any particular order while awaiting theirturn.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide simple, convenientand e`ective means whereby each person can be provided with a checkdenoting the number of his turn without necessitating' the employment ofthe time ot a man for giving outthe checks and to provide means wherebythe number of the next check to be given out and the last one which hasbeen used may be apparent to all in the room.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1isa front elevation of a receptacle constructed in accordance with thisinvention. F ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan ofthe same partly in horizontal section, and F ig. l is a fraginentaryfront view of certain parts of the device.

The device is shown as comprising a casing 10 having a longitudinal wall11 therein dividing it into two compartments 12 and 18. rllhecompartment- 13 is for receiving the checks and the compartment 12 fordelivering them. In the compartment 12 is a reciprocable plunger orplate 1li and a spring 15 for normally forcing it toward the front. rlhechecks are intended to be lined up vertically in front of this plungerin regular order according to their numbers and to be normally forcedthereby toward the front of the casing which is provided with an openingcovered by a transparent plate 16. The cheeks being put in thiscompartment in regular order, the number of the next one to be deliveredcan be seen at all times from the front of the casing.

Extending through the front compartment 18 is a plunger 17 adapted to beforced forward into the conipartment 12 at right Specieaton of LettersPater Application filed March 3, 1%09.

Patented Aug. 1'7, 1909.

Serial No. 81,13t.

angles to the direction of motion of the plunger 1l and against the edgeof the front check. This results in forcing the checl out through theside opening 18 so it can be grasped b v the party who desires to taltethe checlt and renioved from the apparatus. plunger 1"( is operated by ahandle 19 projecting through the opposite side wall ol the casing and aspring Q0 preferably is provide to move the plunger bach after it hasoperated. lt will be obvious that after the cheri; has been removed thespring auto naitically moves another check up into position to bedischarged on the next operation of the plunger The receptacle ispreferably provided with a hinged cover 21 on which is located aprojection 22 having a vertical passage down through the same openinginto the compartment This passage is made of such size and shape as toreceive one check at a time and hold the saine therein by friction andit is also provided with transparent opening 23 at the front throughwhich the front of this check can be seen. Consequently, those 'who arelocated in front of this casing can see the number of the next choc t bedelivered and the number of the last checlr which nas been put back. ltwill be understood of course that the checks in the proiection areforceddown into the compartment 13 by'new checks introduced from above. itwill be seen, therefore, that the dit'liculties now experienced inplaces in which people have to tale turns, particularly in barber shops,are overcome by the use of a very simple, convenient and inexpensivedevice and that when it is used there will be no question as toprecedence of the patrons of the place.

1i.While l have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of theinvention, I am aware that many modifications can be made therein by anyperson skilled .in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, l do not wish to belimited to all the details of construction shown and described, but

llVhat l do claim is 1. its an article of manufacture, a receptacle forcheeks comprising a casing having a projection extending therefrom andhaving a passage through the same for receiving' checks projectionhaving a transparent front whereby the last check introduced can be seenfrom the front of the receptacle, said casing also having a compartmentin which the checks may be placed and having means in said compartmentfor forcing the checks toward the front and provided with a transparentopening at the front of said compartment through which the front checkcan be seen, and a device in the receptacle for pushing the front checkout of said con'lpartment in a direction transverse to the direction ofmotion of the checks in the first compartment-` 2. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination of a casing having two compartmentstherein, a cover/3a projection extending upwardly from the cover andhaving a passage down through the same leading to one of saidcompartments, said passage being adapted to receive a check and hold ittherein by friction until pushed out bythe introduction of anothercheck, and having a transparent front wall through whichY the check canbe seen from the frontv of the casing, said cover being adapted to swingback with the projection to expose both of said con'ipartments, saidcasing having a transparent opening in the front of one of saidcompartments through which the checks may he seen from the front, meansin the last named compartment for holding the checks in verticalposit-ion and yieldingly forcing them toward the transparent opening,said casing having a passage through its side wall adjacent to saidtransparent opening, and means in the front compartment comprising ahandle projecting through the casing for forcing the front check out ofthe first named compartment through said passage.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a casinghaving two comyartments therein and a projection extending therefrom andhaving a passage through the same leading to one of said compartments,said passage being adapted to receive a check and hold it therein byfriction until pushed into the casing by the introduction of anothercheck, means in the last named compartment for holding the checks invertical position and yieldingly forcing them toward the front, saidcasing having a pas sage through its side wall adjacent to its front endand means in the other compart ment for forcing the front check out ofthe first named compartment at right angles to the direction of motionof said yielding means through said passages.

4. ln a device of the character described, the combination of a casinghaving two compartments therein, a cover, a projection extendingupwardlyv from the cover and having a passage down through the sameleadingrto one of said compartments, said passage being adapted toreceive a check and hold it therein by friction until pushed out Aby theintroduction of another check, and having a transl arent front wallthrough which the check can be seen from the front of the casing, meansin the last named compartment for holding the checks in verticalposition and' vieldinglv forcing them toward the. front, said .isinghaving a passage through its side wall, and means for forcing the frontcheck out of the rst named compartment through said passage.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CYRIL BOULARD. Yitnesses V A. E. Far, C. F. lViissoN.

